Actually I’d never thought of that! The butterfly is certainly supposed to resemble an old fashioned, friendly, advice-giving sort of person, however, and now that you point it out I can see that, yes!
Wow, points for probably being one of the most interesting and hard to answer questions I’ve had to date, and yes, I know precisely what you mean. Probably shouldn’t be flattered that you get that from the comic too, but cheers all the same ;)
I’ve considered the fact myself a couple of…
Reblogging this because I had a few asks along the same lines recently.
I like all the colours ever, but I have a particular affinity for black and white.
Not that you’d ever have guessed it…
The year I spent at VFS was not only one of the most productive years of my life, but one of the happiest. Was it stressful? Yes. Was it fun? Yes. It will try and test you in a thousand areas that you didn’t expect. I was lucky enough to have one of the best classes ever and made friends with a group of insanely wonderful people, but even besides that- the school is nuts, the teachers are incredible, the lessons are invaluable. Leech every drop of information and experience you can out of every millisecond that you’re there because I guarantee than when it’s over you will weep bitter tears that you couldn’t stay another hour.
Avenue Q’s “I wish I could go back to college” just came on my iTunes and now I am being bombarded with feels WHY DID I HAVE TO LIKE SCHOOL SO MUCH
Obviously.
Well I am pale enough.
Rad.
Does that mean I get to wear a sweet-ass red scarf and hang about in snowy fantasy worlds in the back of wardrobes?
Start saying hyena then put a t in the way (sounds like ‘height’ I suppose).
I’m not sure tbh OKAY SO HE’S AN OBJECT-HEAD THERIOCEPHALY DUDE COOL.
Sort of yes sort of no, been called Mod or certainly a mod for a long time and I like the culture, but yes I am… associated with him, for various reasons =__=
Mother of god I have no idea mostly because I can’t picture either one of them wanting kids in the first place and RGB isn’t a biological entity exactly but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
TL:DR- when is imitation not the ultimate form of flattery?
(Answering this publicly because I’ve had similar asks before and it’s something I might as well cover for everyone. As for you zilliah, you don’t have to show me the work in question and I’m not mad at all- this is something that happens to every artist who experiments, and every artist should experiment.)
If you’re feeling uncomfortable with your work, then that’s a sign that you should take a step back and evaluate it; stop. Look. Think. What it is about it that is making you feel that way?
Learning new styles is very good for you artistically, but it isn’t the same as copying styles- of course, that is how you learn about new styles, in the beginning, but it’s crucial to move forwards from simple imitation and go on to use it as inspiration. Pick up the traits from different methods that you like and smush them together to make something new. Find something else you like, do it again. ‘The best artists steal’ doesn’t mean copyright infringement or being lazy pays off, it means you have to steal knowledge and convert it into something original. You have to steal intelligently. Do so, and you can commit the perfect crime- you can become an inspiration yourself.
Never post something that worries you. Sometimes it’s tempting to, simply because you’ve drawn it, but hold back, look at it, look for what worries you; there will be a reason for it. Do not be lazy. Do not ignore that uncomfortable feeling. Do not pass it off as you being silly. Trust your instincts. Find the reason. Learn.
If you feel as if you’ve become stuck in a rut or can’t get away from a style, try going in a completely different direction; do some more drawings in a totally different technique or a new medium, go back to your 'old’ style, see what you’ve learned that you can apply, find your groove.
Basically, if you feel like something looks too much like someone else’s work, then it isn’t your work. I don’t mean that in the sense that they will hunt you down and skin you for copying them, I mean that it will not feel right for you, and will never feel right until you figure out what the problem is. Nobody is going to force you to, the challenge is to overcome the inclination to let it be because hopefully nobody will notice. Don’t give in to apathy; you’re better than that, prove it.
Don’t limit yourself to one style, but don’t copy- learn. Kick your butt back into drawing pictures that feel like your own work so you can shove it in people’s faces and say OI. LOOK AT WHAT I DID. I DID THIS.
Righto, carry on then.